The Shortage Index
Matteo Iacoviello, Dario Caldara, and David Yu construct a monthly
news-based measure of shortages of industrial goods, energy, food, and
labor, for the U.S. over the period 1900-present.
Download the paper (PDF).
Download the index (CSV).
Cite as: Caldara, Dario, Matteo Iacoviello, and David Yu (2024),
“Measuring Shortages since 1900,” working paper.
(When using the data, we suggest referring to both the website and
the date of download; e.g. “Data downloaded from https://www.matteoiacoviello.com/shortages.html on Month
DD, YYYY”).
This webpage is maintained by David Yu, Dario Caldara, and
Matteo Iacoviello.